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Monday, November 16, 2009

Discussion Companions

Sometimes a group likes to explore more than one point of view on a subject, or likes to further explore a topic. Here are a few titles to combine with some of our RTG kits:

Kit: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel by Mark Haddon.Companion reading: Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robinson.Haddon's book is a work of fiction about a teen with autism. Robinson's is an autobiographical look at a person who has Asperger's (a form of autism).

Kit: A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel.Companion reading: She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel.The second book continues Kimmel's story of her childhood and focuses on her mother.

Kit: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.Companion reading: The Keeper's Son by Homer H. Hickam.Two novels of World War II and citizen interaction with the enemy.

Kit: Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island by Linda Greenlaw.Companion reading: Stern Men by Elizabeth Gilbert.Island living and lobstermen--real and fictional.

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Please note: READS-TO-GO is run by a committee of volunteers who work on the project in addition to their regular library jobs. They have used readily available online resources in putting together book summaries, author information, and discussion questions for the kit titles. These resources include some of the sites listed above, publishers' and other websites.